The Fall of the House of Usher (TV Mini Series)

Murder in the Rue Morgue (2023)

Michael Trucco: Rufus Griswold

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• Rufus Griswold : Okay, look. Here's something that you do have, okay? This is something that's going to sound like a little, but it's not. You have, for the moment, my gratitude. And that can be an asset. Hell, that can even have a value. You see, because I'm writing you a check, right now. In the amount of $500. I don't have to do this, okay, I don't pay finder's fees for ideas. I don't pay for other people's farts. But you're a smart guy, you're gonna take this money, and you're gonna buy your wife something nice. Money for nothing. Money for words. Money for hot air. You walked in here, brain farted and turned it into $500. And now, if you're smart, you're realizing what else my gratitude is worth. You're realizing, "Oh, this guy likes my ideas." A good manager is going to want to keep people with good ideas around. Gratitude's worth a little more than you thought, isn't it, Rod? And now you're thinking, "Is he grateful enough to want to promote me?" And the answer is "yes." Because that guy with the good ideas, I'm gonna want a shorter elevator ride between me, those ideas and that guy. Better to have him on the fourth floor than Sub 2, maybe the 10th floor. It's a shorter ride to hear those great ideas. Maybe, down the line, I'm gonna want him up here. Down the hall from me. Hell, I might even want him right next door to me. You seeing the big picture here? Do you get me, Roderick?

• Young Roderick : The whole thing was all my idea.

  Rufus Griswold : No no. An idea is nothing. An idea is a fart that your brain makes.